deslizamiento
/deslisaˈmjento/
el (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- los deslizamientos
Meaning
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landslide
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Un deslizamiento cortó la carretera.
A landslide cut the road.
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Similar words
deslizamiento and desprendimiento are close synonyms for "landslide"; desprendimiento leans toward rocks or debris falling, a rockslide, while deslizamiento is more about earth sliding.
Similar in other languages
French
glissement de terrain is the French word for the same thing — both mean "landslide."
Practice
1 What does deslizamiento mean?
landslide
2 Fill the gap: Un ___ cortó la carretera.
Full sentence: Un deslizamiento cortó la carretera. (A landslide cut the road.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches deslizamiento?
deslizamiento: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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